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Senior Development Manager Jobs in Toronto, Canada at Turner & Townsend

Title: Senior Development Manager

Company: Turner & Townsend

Location: Toronto, Canada

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Company Description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world

Who are you?

The Senior Development Manager is responsible for leading the end-to-end delivery of complex ground-up real estate development and capital projects across a corporate occupier portfolio. This includes developer monitoring of new build office towers, major redevelopments, large-scale fit-outs, and strategic workplace initiatives.

This role partners closely with internal stakeholders (Real Estate, Workplace, Finance, Legal, Leasing, Operations) and external partners (developers, consultants, contractors) to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and aligned with business objectives. The position requires strong leadership, commercial acumen, and deep expertise in managing large scale development projects.

Job Description

  • Report to Senior Leadership to manage projects through all development phases
  • Secure and complete the necessary administration for client commissions
  • Take the lead on new development opportunities on behalf of our clients
  • Support lease negotiations and/or development agreements to protect our occupier clients interests
  • Obtain all statutory approvals / agreements in line with the client brief
  • Write and contribute to client business cases
  • Undertake market analysis
  • Develop and maintain long term relationships with external professional design and engineering consultants
  • Obtain fee proposals, undertake tender analysis and recommend consultants for appointment
  • Assemble development teams
  • Work with a range of internal teams and external advisors through design, planning, cost and value management, procurement and constriction delivery phases
  • Support the client to successfully appoint a Main Contractor appointment for project delivery
  • Ensure a thorough handover has been undertaken to the Project Manager for the delivery phase.
  • Continue to monitor the project through the delivery phase and remain as the client’s main contact.
  • Drive forward projects to achieve delivery milestones

    • Qualifications

  • 15years + post graduate experience
  • Experience in large scale commercial office development and construction
  • Experience of all development phases
  • Excellent verbal, written communication and IT skills
  • Excellent presentation skills
  • Strong working knowledge of all Microsoft packages

    • Additional Information

    What’s in it for you…

  • 100% covered health and dental benefits for you and your dependents (including paramedical services)

  • Health spending account, to top up expenses not covered in the benefits program

  • RRSP option with company matching

  • Annual learning and development budget

  • Access to a range of online learning tools, and support for career development and growth

  • Coverage of one professional membership or license fee per year, if directly related to your role

  • We believe in work-life balance, so you can recharge and take care of what matters most with vacation, flex and sick days

  • A flexible, hybrid work approach that allows colleagues to find balance between their professional and personal lives

  • Commitment to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture that promotes a sense of belonging

    • The base salary range for this full-time role is $125, – $175, per year. Ranges are determined by role and level and represent a good faith effort to provide a fair and…

     

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